"Mo Li, follow Zi Qing and get the fish back." Before Xie Yao could say anything, the old general gave the order directly.
"Grandpa, it's just two fishes, just go and get them." Xie Yao thought it was not necessary and stopped him, "I have to make a fire, clean up the fish, and grill them...seeing how time flies.
As time goes by, if we continue to argue over the two fishes, I’m afraid we won’t be able to eat grilled fish at noon.”
Only then did Ziqing take the order and go get the fish again.
After a while, Ziqing came back, carrying two big fish in her hands, but with an angry look on her face.
"What's wrong?" Xie Yao calculated the time and started to light a fire outside his grandfather's courtyard.
This was requested by my grandfather, who said that food cooked over someone else’s fire would not be fragrant.
Zi Qing said angrily as she collected the fish, "My slave met that fish-robbing lady again. She wants to snatch my fish. She looks like she is not a servant. She must be a girl from some family."
"Oh?" Xie Yao raised her eyebrows.
"Princess Han, there is only one young lady from outside the house. She said that the eldest young master brought her back from outside. She is the sister of the eldest young master's late lieutenant general." Li Li said at the right time. When the eldest young master brought people back, he heard
As mentioned before, apart from that, there are no outsiders in the house.
"Thank you, Uncle Li." Xie Yao nodded.
The sister of a deceased lieutenant general entered the general's mansion at this time?
After thinking for a while, he put his thoughts away and took a look at the fire. It was time to grill the fish.
Let’s find out more after meeting Xie Wenwu.
In order to save time, she put the two fishes on the rack and grilled them at the same time, sprinkling some seasonings and brushing some sauce on them from time to time.
Soon, the fish was grilled to a golden color, charred on the outside and tender on the inside.
The slightly curly fish skin with the rich sauce will whet your appetite at the first sight.
"Princess, your roast is so good, it looks delicious!" Ziqing's eyes almost straightened up and she swallowed hard.
This time, she will definitely be able to share a bite of the two big fish.
The old general heard the sound and arrived at the fire in a blink of an eye. He glanced at the fish on the fire and said, "It looks good. Let's tear off a piece and try it."
"Grandpa, please wait a little longer. This fish needs to be grilled for a while." Xie Yao knew that her grandfather was greedy, but it was still not recommended to eat this fish raw.
The old general was bored waiting, but he didn't want to leave, so he kept watch here eagerly.
After a while, the fish was finally roasted. Before Xie Yao had time to distribute the fish, the old general took one out and said, "This one is basically enough for me. No one can disturb me until I finish it."
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After saying that, he carried the fish into the house.
Xie Yao laughed and gave some fish to Mo Li, ate some himself and gave some to Zi Qing.
Even so, there was still some fish meat left on top, and I don’t know how my grandfather managed to eat that big fish by himself.
"Grandpa, please eat slowly. I will come to see you another day." Xie Yao counted the time and estimated that Xie Lian and Xie Wenwu should have returned. He planned to take a look and remove the poison from their bodies first.
"Go ahead. Tell Xie Lian that if you catch game, save it and wait for you to eat it next time." The old general said something vaguely.
"I know." Xie Yao responded, turned around and left.
After walking for a while in the mansion, Zi Qing saw a figure in front of her, raised her hand and pointed, "Princess, that's her! She was the one who grabbed the fish twice in a row!"
Xie Yao looked up and saw that the other person was about sixteen or seventeen years old. From a distance, he looked pretty good.
It's just that the woman was bent over, quite groveling, towards someone.
Because it was blocked by a rockery, I couldn't see it clearly, so I got closer.
"What else can you do? You can't do this well and you still want to marry my brother?" The person who scolded the woman was none other than Xie Zhuo.
Seeing Xie Yao coming from a distance, Xie Zhuo's eyes flashed with panic, and he said to the woman: "Okay, I have something else to do, please think about it yourself."
After saying that, he pretended to leave quickly, but actually hid around the corner.
The woman was a little surprised. She turned around subconsciously and happened to see Xie Yao. She immediately knelt down and said, "I have met Princess Han."
Xie Yao glanced at where Xie Zhuo was hiding, raised the corners of her mouth slightly, then looked at the woman in front of her, and said lightly: "Do you know me?"
"I...I was lucky enough to meet Princess Han once." The woman lowered her head, with a hint of panic in her expression, and quickly suppressed it, "It was far away at that time, so Princess Han probably doesn't remember."
"I really don't remember." Xie Yao said lightly, without looking away from the woman's face, and asked: "Did you steal Zi Qing's fish?"
The woman quickly explained: "Princess, please calm down! I didn't know it was the princess who wanted to use the fish. I was just greedy for a moment. Please forgive me."
Seeing that Xie Yao didn't ask any more questions, the woman felt lucky that Xie Yao was indeed as stupid as the rumors.
Xie Yao took a deep look and said, "What's your name?"
"Folk girl Wu Roujin."
"Why are you here?"
"My brother is General Xie's deputy general. It was General Xie who asked me to stay in his mansion temporarily."
"You want to marry my brother?" Xie Yao narrowed her eyes and her tone suddenly became harsher.
She didn't want to interrogate a prisoner, but Wu Roujin's eyes flickered, and she was obviously lying.
"I...I know that I am not worthy of General Xie. I just want to be General Xie's concubine and serve General Xie." Wu Roujin lowered her head deeply and said a little shyly.
She found that Xie Yao seemed to be easier to deal with than Xie Zhuo, and it might be easier to start with Xie Yao.
"Be a concubine?" Xie Yao interrupted in a deep voice, not caring about the next half of the sentence, staring at Wu Roujin with cold eyes.
Wu Roujin's scalp was numb from being stared at, and her head lowered further.
"Ziqing, let's go." After Xie Yao said that, she took a deep look at Wu Roujin and ran towards the front hall.
She just robbed two fish, and she didn't have to deal with anyone with her own hands.
"Yes." Zi Qing responded and gave Wu Roujin a strange look.
This Wu Roujin seems very strange! At first glance, she looks like a soft and weak woman, but she sounds very ambitious and wants to be the eldest master’s concubine?
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When Xie Yao was about to reach the front hall, she saw Xie Wenwu pushing a cart in front of him. The cart was loaded with a lot of game, such as pheasants and rabbits.
Behind Xie Wenwu followed two servants, their eyes fixed on Xie Wenwu and the cart.
"Hit so many?" Xie Yao glanced at it and smacked her lips.
There must be at least a dozen of them, and they are enough to make my grandfather tired of eating them.
Xie Wenwu put down the car and smiled guiltily at Xie Yao, "My hands are itchy these days, and I hit them too much if I'm not careful. Don't worry, my injury is 90% healed. It was just a hunting trip, so it won't affect me."
Xie Yao was not worried about Xie Wenwu's injury. The medicine she used was much more effective than the traditional Chinese medicine here, and the healing process was naturally faster.
"Grandpa hasn't eaten much in the past few days. It is said that he ate a whole fish in one meal. When will you grill one for me?" Xie Wenwu's eyes lit up.
Xie Yao took out the pills, like a bad aunt coaxing a child, "As long as you take the black one first and then the red one, I will consider it."
Xie Wenwu took a look and guessed that it was the interpretation pill, but he was surprised why there were two pills.
Without asking any questions, he swallowed the black pill in one gulp and reached for the red one.
"Don't worry, wait a while before eating, close your eyes and feel it carefully." Xie Yao stopped.
Xie Wenwu closed his eyes as he was told.
After a moment, Xie Wenwu opened his eyes, and a cold light shot out from his eyes, which quickly dissipated.